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Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday (Nov. 12) during the Wings Over Dallas air show. (Nov. 13)
A Warbird Thunder plan pilot waves to the crowd as thousands of spectators gather for the Thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show at Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
The AeroSuperBatics display team flying Boeing-Stearman PT-17 biplanes at a British air show. An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground.
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August 16 — A pilot was killed when his Fouga Magister crashed into the Mediterranean sea during an airshow in Lavandou, southern France. [1]July 12 — A military pilot was killed when his M-346 Bielik crashed into the ground during rehearsal for the Gdynia Naval Aviation Brigade's 30th Anniversary event in Gdynia, Poland.
The collision occurred at 1:22 p.m. [6] local time at the Dallas Executive Airport during a Wings Over Dallas air show organized by the Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit organization whose goal is to preserve historic aircraft. [7] The air show, hosted over a commemorative Veteran's Day weekend, had drawn more than 4,000 spectators. [7]
The 2008 airshow was to feature two themes, the 90th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force and Global Engagement and was scheduled to be held on 12–13 July. The USAF Air Combat Command 's F-22 Raptor Demo Team had made the first trans-Atlantic flight for the new stealth aircraft to participate in the show. [ 5 ]
Videos taken by witnesses and posted to social media appear to show the smaller plane hit the back of the B-17 as the P-63 made a turn. The planes broke apart as they fell to the ground, followed ...